Janeen Brian
Janeen Brian is a South Australian writer of children's books. A primary school teacher prior to 1990, when she started writing full time, she published her 100th book in September, 2016.
Brian's work for middle school children Yong: The Journey of an Unworthy Son has been adapted to a stage production by Monkey Baa Theatre Company, with shows in regional Victoria and the Sydney Opera House.
Awards
- Pilawuk-When I Was Young won a CBCA Eve Pownall Honour Award 1997.
- Where Does Thursday Go? won a CBCA Honour Book 2002: Early Childhood for ages 2-6.
- Hoosh! Camels in Australia shortlisted in the CBCA Eve Pownall Award 2006.
- Look, Baby! won the 2021 Speech Pathology Australia Book of the Year for Birth to three years.
Works
Children's books
- Pilawuk-When I Was Young Era Publications
- Where Does Thursday Go? Scholastic Australia
- Hoosh! Camels in Australia ABC Books
- Oddball Walker Books
- That Boy, Jack Walker Books Australia
- I'm A Dirty Dinosaur Penguin Books
- I’m A Hungry Dinosaur Penguin Books
- Yong Journey of an Unworthy Son Walker Books Australia
- Eloise and the Bucket of Stars Walker Books Australia
- The Fix-it Princess Walker Books Australia